#EAE659#EAE659

#EAE659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.160 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EAE659
RGB	rgb(234, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.30, -15.57, 66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.30, 68.69, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0484 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.16 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.0338, 74.8093, 20.5158)
Luminance	0.7481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EAE659 #595DEA

analogous

#EA9D59 #EAE659 #A5EA59

triadic

#EAE659 #59EAE6 #E659EA

tetradic

#EAE659 #59EA9D #595DEA #EA59A5

square

#EAE659 #59EA9D #595DEA #EA59A5

split-complementary

#EAE659 #59A5EA #9D59EA

monochromatic

#B2AE17 #E3DE23 #EAE659 #F1EE8F #F8F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EAE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#EAE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EAE659

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EAE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EAE659	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eae659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.160 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed8e',
    500: '#eae659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eae659;
$custom-light: #f4ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eae659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.345,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90242,
    "c": 0.15955,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EAE659

secondary

#3538B2

accent

#11DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EAE659

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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